"growth redwood. It is estimated to weigh 9 tons. The peanut shape is related to the fact that Jimmy Carter, the president at the time, was known as a former peanut farmer. The Orick Peanut was made as a mock gift for Jimmy Carter as part of a protest against his proposed expansion of the Redwood National Park, which was seen as an overstepping of federal power, a waste of money, and a move that would negatively impact the Redwood logging industry based communities in Humboldt County, like Orick. The Orick Peanut, loaded onto a tractor trailer, led a procession"
"from 1933 to 1940, and as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's vice president from 1941 to 1945. The American industrialist, farmer, and inventor William Edenborn of Winn Parish, Louisiana, grew peanuts on his demonstration farm. He consulted with Carver. In 1916, Carver was made a member of the Royal Society of Arts in England, one of only a handful of Americans at that time to receive this honor. Carver's promotion of peanuts gained him the most notice. In 1919, Carver wrote to a peanut company about the potential he saw for peanut milk. Both he and the peanut industry seemed unaware that"
"unrelated United States Presidents. William Henry Harrison inherited the plantation, then named ""Walnut Grove"", in 1790 and held it for three years. He sold the property in 1793 having never lived in the house. Harrison's Vice President and successor John Tyler purchased the plantation, which by then had been reduced to , in 1842 and lived there after leaving the White House. John Tyler renamed the plantation ""Sherwood Forest"" in 1842. He said it signified that he had been ""outlawed"" by the Whig party. He was attracted to the plantation because it was near his birthplace at Greenway Plantation. He"
"imported the Indian Hemp plant from Asia, which was used for fiber and, by some growers, for intoxicating resin production. In a letter to William Pearce who managed the plants for him Washington says, ""What was done with the Indian Hemp plant from last summer? It ought, all of it, to be sown again; that not only a stock of seed sufficient for my own purposes might have been raised, but to have disseminated seed to others; as it is more valuable than common hemp."" Additional presidents known to have farmed hemp include Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew"
"Peanut, would be voiced by comedian and Saturday Night Live alumnus Bill Hader, who is sometimes allergic to peanuts. In 2017, the Virginia General Assembly passed a joint resolution commending Mr. Peanut. Mr. Peanut Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company and division of Kraft Foods. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic peanut in its shell dressed in the formal clothing of an old-fashioned gentleman:with a tuxedo a top hat, monocle, white gloves, spats, and a cane. Planters Peanut Company was founded in 1906, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, by Amedeo Obici and was incorporated"
"now Bush Prairie Farm and a land trust, near Olympia Airport. In 2009, a tree grown from an acorn of the original tree was planted on the Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia, Washington. Another was planted at Washington State University in Eastern Washington in 2014. Another was planted in Centralia, Washington, in 2017, commemorating its founder George Washington, another African-American settler, and his namesake President George Washington. Bush butternut tree The Bush butternut tree is a butternut tree in Tumwater, Washington, planted in 1845 by George Washington Bush, an African-American veteran of the War of 1812 who became a"
"income, worked as a professional, owned a large business elsewhere, or some combination of the three. Some notable gentleman farmers include James Roosevelt I, the father of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower who retired to a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania after leaving the White House, George Washington, who farmed at Mount Vernon, Winthrop Rockefeller son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. who moved to Arkansas in 1953 and established Winrock Farms atop Petit Jean Mountain, Frederick Hinde Zimmerman, Frank C. Rathje, and William Locke Allison, known for Allison Woods, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places"
"Carver's was far from the first American agricultural bulletin devoted to peanuts, but his bulletins did seem to be more popular and widespread than previous ones. George Washington Carver George Washington Carver (1860s – January 5, 1943), was an American botanist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, as a source of their own food and to improve their quality"
"Mr. Peanut Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company and division of Kraft Foods. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic peanut in its shell dressed in the formal clothing of an old-fashioned gentleman:with a tuxedo a top hat, monocle, white gloves, spats, and a cane. Planters Peanut Company was founded in 1906, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, by Amedeo Obici and was incorporated two years later as the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company. The factory in Wilkes-Barre has since closed down. In 1916 a young schoolboy, Antonio Gentile, submitted drawings of an anthropomorphic peanut to"
"John Adams Sr. John Adams Sr. (February 8, 1691 – May 25, 1761) was a British colonial farmer and minister. He was the father of the second U.S. President, John Adams Jr., and grandfather of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams. He was the son of Joseph Adams Jr. (1654–1737), the grandson of Joseph Adams Sr. (1626-1694), and the great-grandson of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Braintree, Essex, in England to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1638. He was also descended from John and Priscilla Alden. Adams worked as a farmer and cobbler (also called a cord-wainer or shoemaker) for"
"Planters Planters is an American snack food company, a division of Kraft Heinz based in Chicago, best known for its processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Mr. Peanut was created by grade schooler Antonio Gentile for a 1916 contest to design the company's brand icon. The original design was modified by a commercial artist and has continued to change over the years. Planters was founded by Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He started his career as a bellhop and fruit stand vendor in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Obici later moved to Wilkes-Barre, opened his own"
"wealthiest man to ever hold the office until the election of Donald Trump in 2016 according to valuations of his putative assets. He was a commercial farmer much interested in innovations, and happily quit his public duties in 1783 and again in 1797 to manage his plantation at Mount Vernon. Washington lived an upper-class lifestyle—fox hunting was a favorite leisure activity enjoyed by gentry, worldwide. Like most planters in Virginia, Washington imported luxury items and other fine wares from England. He paid for them by exporting his tobacco crop. Extravagant spending and the unpredictability of the tobacco market meant that"
"sheep to graze and fertilize the lawns. This was a way to save manpower, fuel, and money required to take care of the lawns, because all resources were needed to fight overseas. During World War II in 1943 President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a victory garden on the White House grounds. The victory garden movement started because of food shortages caused by the war. Millions of victory gardens were planted across America during that period of time, producing about 40 percent of America’s vegetables. Past efforts of growing vegetable gardens were not always followed through. Jimmy"
"in 1917 William Melhuish had secured for a milk substitute made from peanuts and soybeans. The United Peanut Associations of America invited Carver to speak at their 1920 convention. He discussed ""The Possibilities of the Peanut"" and exhibited 145 peanut products. By 1920, the U.S. peanut farmers were being undercut by low prices on imported peanuts from the Republic of China. In 1921, peanut farmers and industry representatives planned to appear at Congressional hearings to ask for a tariff. Based on the quality of Carver's presentation at their convention, they asked the African-American professor to testify on the tariff issue"
"Carter, who was a Georgia farmer and a gardener, talked about how gardening was an important aspect of America’s future in his campaign, but declined calls in 1978 to plant a vegetable garden at the White House. Another unsuccessful attempt was made by President Bill Clinton, who was denied by the White House, saying it was not in keeping with the formal nature of the White House grounds. The Clintons later resorted to planting a small vegetable garden on the roof of the building itself, where produce was grown and used for cooking. The Obamas planted a vegetable garden on"
"Nathaniel Fillmore Nathaniel Fillmore Jr. (April 19, 1771 – March 28, 1863) was an American farmer, and the father of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States. A native of Vermont, Nathaniel Fillmore farmed in Bennington until he was in his mid twenties, when his brother Calvin and he moved to western New York. Duped by unscrupulous land agents, their titles proved defective and they lost their new farms. Nathaniel Fillmore became a tenant farmer and occasionally taught school; his family's circumstances were so dire that they sometimes relied on the charity of their landlords to survive. Over"
"Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter In 1981, following his defeat in the 1980 United States presidential election, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter returned to Georgia to his peanut farm, which he had placed into a blind trust during his presidency to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. He found that the trustees had mismanaged the trust, leaving him more than one million dollars in debt. In the years that followed, he has led an active life, establishing the Carter Center, building his presidential library, teaching at Emory University in Atlanta, and writing numerous books. He has also contributed"
"George Washington Carver George Washington Carver (1860s – January 5, 1943), was an American botanist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, as a source of their own food and to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts. Although he spent years developing and promoting numerous"
"Junius George Groves Junius George Groves (April 12, 1859 – August 17, 1925) was an American farmer and entrepreneur remembered as one of the wealthiest black Americans of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known as the ""Potato King of the World"" by 1902, Groves optimized potato growth methods, out-producing anyone else in the world to that point. His vast financial success—‌analyzed further in Booker T. Washington's ""The Negro in Business"" (1907)—‌was utilized to help combat racism by providing economic opportunities for other black Americans. Junius George Groves, the son of Martin and Mary Anderson Groves, was born in slavery"
"Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). He won the popular vote for three presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (with Woodrow Wilson) to be elected president during the era of Republican political domination dating from 1861 to 1933. Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who opposed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and"
"the latter's death). The Commission recommended improvements to continuity of government measures for the federal government. Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter In 1981, following his defeat in the 1980 United States presidential election, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter returned to Georgia to his peanut farm, which he had placed into a blind trust during his presidency to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. He found that the trustees had mismanaged the trust, leaving him more than one million dollars in debt. In the years that followed, he has led an active life, establishing the Carter Center, building his"
"Charles F. Seabrook Charles Franklin Seabrook, known professionally as C.F. Seabrook, (28 May 1881 – 1964) was a business man and owner of Seabrook Farms, a family-owned frozen vegetable packing plant in New Jersey that at one point was the largest irrigated truck farm in the world. Seabrook Farms became famous for recruiting Japanese Americans from internment camps beginning in January 1944 and other immigrants displaced from World War II. He was nicknamed the ""Henry Ford of agriculture"" by B.C. Forbes, the founder of ""Forbes"" magazine, and the town of Seabrook, New Jersey is named after him. C.F. was born"
"Bush butternut tree The Bush butternut tree is a butternut tree in Tumwater, Washington, planted in 1845 by George Washington Bush, an African-American veteran of the War of 1812 who became a pioneer of the Puget Sound region and founder of the city of Tumwater. The tree is thought to be the oldest butternut in the United States and possibly the oldest in the world. Historians are divided on whether Bush brought a seed or seedling with him from Missouri in the United States to the Puget Sound area, then in Oregon Country. The original tree stands on Bush's homestead,"
"with the rank of captain. Ogonowski became a commercial pilot in 1978. For 23 years, he flew airplanes for American Airlines, and was a member of the Allied Pilot Association. During the course of his commercial piloting career, he met Margaret, a flight attendant who went by the nickname ""Peggy"", whom he later married. Ognonoski was also an avid farmer, who secured 150 acres of farmland on Marsh Hill Road in Dracut through the federal Agriculture Preservation Restriction program. He raised hay, corn, pumpkins, blueberries, and peaches. He was also a leading advocate for farming in Massachusetts, particularly in aiding"
"Francis A. Nixon Francis Anthony Nixon (December 3, 1878 – September 4, 1956) was an American grocer, rancher, and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Nixon was born in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, the son of Sarah Ann (née Wadsworth), a native of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and Samuel Brady Nixon, who was from Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Nixon's family ancestry included colonial Pennsylvania Quakers. He was raised Methodist, however, but converted to Quakerism when he married Hannah Milhous. Sarah Nixon died in January 1886, Francis being sent to live with an uncle during his father's"
"San Francisco, California. He died of a cancer-related stroke in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 1, 1991. Jaquelin H. Hume Jaquelin Holliday ""Jack"" Hume (1905-1991) was an American businessman and conservative philanthropist. He co-founded Basic American Foods, the world's largest producer of dried onion and garlic, and dried potatoes (used primarily for instant mashed potatoes). He was a major donor to President Ronald Reagan, and a patron of the arts. Jaquelin Holliday Hume was born in 1905 in Harbor Point, Michigan. He had a brother, William Hume. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton,"
"Amedeo Obici Amedeo Obici (July 15, 1877 – May 22, 1947) was an Italian-born American businessman and philanthropist. He founded the Planters Peanut Company. Amedeo Obici was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy to Pietro Ludovico Obici and Luigia Carolina Sartori. His father died when Amedeo was seven years old, leaving behind his widow, young Amedeo, another son, Frank and two daughters. In 1889, his mother's brother, Vittorio Sartori, invited him to come to the United States. The uncle, his wife and two children had earlier emigrated and lived in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Amedeo was unable to speak English. When he sailed"
"tasting. He also worked with the scientists at the College of Agriculture in Urbana and they concluded that, ""the soybean was a logical source of high-quality protein for direct human consumption"". This plant helped feed livestock and helped with the scarcity of food. Findley received prestige awards for his work from the Land of Lincoln Soybean Association and the American Soybean Association. Serving seven pPresidents Paul Findley has worked with seven presidents during his lifetime such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan. Family and friends The south"
"Charles A. Callis of the Quorum of the Twelve. Alvin C. Chace, a grandson of early leader George P. Canova was called as the first president. In 1950, more than was purchased by the church which is now known as the Deseret Ranch. The initial purchase grew into a ranch in Central Florida. As of 2003, Deseret Ranch had the largest cow-calf operation in the United States with 44,000 head of cattle. It also includes various cattle enterprises, orchards and other agribusiness projects. Due to the influx of immigrants Florida received over the past few decades from the Caribbean and"
"and temporary suspension from futures trading, nearly destroyed the New York Mercantile Exchange. Peter J. Taggares Peter J. Taggares was one of the wealthiest and most influential farmers in Washington state. At his death, his holdings included the largest irrigated potato farm in Oregon and one of the world's largest vineyards. He was also involved in politics, having contributed to numerous candidates from both major US political parties. Taggares' father, Peter Taggares (Tagaris), emigrated from Greece at the age of 18. He traveled across the United States, eventually settling in Prosser, Washington, where he farmed and raised his family. Taggares"
"an economist, and served as president of the American Economic Association in 1911. Henry Farnam Henry Farnam (November 9, 1803 – October 4, 1883) was an American philanthropist and railroad president. He was born in Scipio, New York, and grew up working on his father's farm. By his teenage years, he had begun studying mathematics on his own and in 1820 he gained employment initially as a camp cook on the Erie Canal. Under the wing of Benjamin Wright, America's most famous Civil Engineer at the time and a man who encouraged many young men to study Civil Engineering, Henry"
"Jaquelin H. Hume Jaquelin Holliday ""Jack"" Hume (1905-1991) was an American businessman and conservative philanthropist. He co-founded Basic American Foods, the world's largest producer of dried onion and garlic, and dried potatoes (used primarily for instant mashed potatoes). He was a major donor to President Ronald Reagan, and a patron of the arts. Jaquelin Holliday Hume was born in 1905 in Harbor Point, Michigan. He had a brother, William Hume. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey in 1928, where he had been a member of the Charter Club. He then received"
"Norman Borlaug Norman Ernest Borlaug (; March 25, 1914September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist and humanitarian who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Borlaug received his B.S. in forestry in 1937 and Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. During the mid-20th century,"